About Joyful Assembly Parish

Pastor Bola Oye

Bola has an engineering background and Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

His professional career spanned over 32 years both in Engineering and Information Technology.

Bola is the current pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God – Joyful Assembly Parish in Joliet, Illinois and he is very passionate about children getting it right in life.

He is happily married to Omotola and they are blessed with twins.

Pastor Tola Oye

Pastor Tola Oye is an ordained minister and a member of the board of ministers. She has passion for mentoring and training people to live a debt free life by living on Kingdom principles and realistic budget. She is a volunteer budget coach with the Crown Financial Ministry since 2006.

Tola has an accounting degree and an MBA. In her professional development she has attended various trainings such as Project Management, Economic Evaluation Methodology, Great Business Case, Group Reporting Accounting, Sustainable Internal Control Awareness, Contracting Strategy Development, Positive Power Influencing and Setting Business Priorities.

She is married to her wonderful and God-fearing husband Bola for over 30 years and they are blessed with a set of twins Tife and Tiwi. She pastors alongside her husband a Parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Joyful Assembly in Joliet, Illinois.

In her determination to leave a legacy and pursue a burning desire in her life, Tola left the Oil and Gas industry in the United States of America in which she had worked for over 11 years to start her foundation. Impacting Lives Foundation (ILF), a non-for-profit organization was born.

She has a strong passion for mentoring and training people to live a debt free life by living on Kingdom principles and a realistic budget. She is a volunteer budget coach with the Crown Financial Ministry since 2006 and a facilitator with the Redeemer’s Leadership Institute (RLI) since 2009.

She is a person of integrity, reliable, compassionate and very committed to her family and Church.  She is passionate about helping others attain the full measure of God's purpose for their lives and loves impacting people by bringing out the best in them.